Category
page 1Archaeological discoveries in Crete
Phaistos disc
inscribed fired clay tablet found in Crete, covered on both sides with undeciphered spiral Minoan writing
Gortyn code
ancient Greek legal code and inscription in Gortyn
Snake Goddess
Minoan goddess figurine
Kamares ware
distinctive type of pottery from Minoan Crete (MM IA - LM IA)
Hagia Triada sarcophagus
sarcophagus displayed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece
Arkalochori Axe
Minoan artifact
La Parisienne
Minoan fresco from Knossos, Crete
The bee pendant
Gold Minoan ornament from Malia is a pectoral pendant consisting of two bees

Prince of the Lilies
Minoan mural painting from Knossos, Crete
Bull-Leaping Fresco
Minoan mural painting from Knossos, Crete
Trachilos footprints
tetrapod footprints which show hominin-like characteristics from the late Miocene on the western Crete, close to the village of Trachilos, west of Kissamos, in the Chania Prefecture
Harvester vase
minoan carved stone vase of c. 1550 BC

Minoan sealstone
artifacts from the Minoan civilization
Dionysus Sardanapalus
Hellenistic-Roman Neo Attic sculpture-type of the god Dionysus

Palaikastro Kouros
statuette of a male found in Greece

Minoan Bull-leaper
copper statue from 1600 B.C. - 1450 B.C. Crete
Gaming board from Knossos
board game
Dreros inscription
early sacred law found on Crete
Throne Room, Knossos
chamber inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, Greece